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5$ 1897 Jubilee Still At 1897 Face Value

 
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Posted 08/02/2016   11:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add area66 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
In 1897 someone will have spend a week of salary to get it. And today, you can still purchase it with a week of salary.

So they was not an investment
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Well, your partially right area66...haha




At that rate, they would have to work 29.67 hours (or 2.99 days) to buy one.

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A hedge against inflation then, eh?
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A hedge against inflation then, eh?


smauggie...Your really starting to talk like a Canuck lately, eh..?...haha

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Posted 08/03/2016   10:39 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Robert, did they have an eight hour day back in 1897?

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Posted 08/03/2016   10:46 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wert to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Peter..They were 10 hour days, 6 days a week..yikes.

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Posted 08/03/2016   11:30 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add area66 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I work 7 nights a week since last May 31th


still it'S fun to see how thing are view from a different angle, You have a university group I think who calculate the economy of a country with the price they sell the Big Mac.
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You have a university group I think


Area66, I passed in school because I got closet to the answer...haha

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Posted 08/03/2016   3:22 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add smauggie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I am thinking he means closest. I suppose I could be wrong.
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I am thinking he means closest.


Yes, sorry...haha

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Closest to the closet or closest to the desired answer?
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Was suppose to come out as a joke Easyone..oh well...haha

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I think they all paid less tax in the old days.........although they probably had less services, life expectancy of 45 or something like that.

So, we would have to earn twice as much these days to buy it, or two weeks.
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